Personal information | |||
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Full name | Matic Paljk[1] | ||
Date of birth | 2 October 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Koper, Slovenia[2] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back[2] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Nafta 1903 | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2008–2010 | Izola | ||
2010–2015 | Koper | ||
2015–2016 | → Spezia (loan) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015–2017 | Koper | 16 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Swansea City | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 0 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Gorica (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Gorica | 15 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Primorje | 22 | (1) |
2023– | Nafta 1903 | 15 | (2) |
International career | |||
2014 | Slovenia U18 | 4 | (0) |
2017 | Slovenia U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2023 |
Matic Paljk (born 2 October 1997) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Nafta 1903.[3]
Paljk started his youth career in Slovenia with Izola,[4] before joining Koper in 2010.[5] In 2015, Paljk joined Italian team Spezia on loan.[6] He only featured for the club's U19s before returning to Koper.[6] On 17 July 2016, he made his professional debut in the Slovenian PrvaLiga against Maribor, playing the first half in a 1–0 defeat.[3] He went onto play sixteen times for Koper throughout the 2016–17 season and scored one goal, against Olimpija Ljubljana in March 2017.[3] He departed Koper in the following summer after the club suffered relegation to the Slovenian Intercommunal Leagues.[7]
In October 2017, Paljk joined Premier League side Swansea City on a free transfer.[6] He signed a contract until June 2018 and immediately linked up with the Swansea U23s.[3][6] He was released at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season.[8]
In January 2019, Paljk returned to Slovenia's PrvaLiga after signing with Olimpija Ljubljana.[9] After no competitive appearances for them, a loan move to the Second League with Gorica was completed in July 2019.[3] Thirteen appearances followed, including his debut at home to ex-club Koper, as they won promotion to the top-flight via the play-offs.[3] Paljk was signed permanently by Gorica in September 2020.[10] His first game as a full-time member came in a defeat away to Olimpija Ljubljana on 30 September.[3]
Paljk has represented Slovenia at under-18 and under-21 level.[5] He won four caps for the U18s, prior to making three appearances for the U21s in 2017.[5] Paljk received a call-up to the U19s in November 2015.[11]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Koper | 2016–17 | PrvaLiga | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||
Swansea City | 2017–18 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Olimpija Ljubljana | 2018–19 | PrvaLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gorica (loan) | 2019–20 | Second League | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
Gorica | 2020–21 | PrvaLiga | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||
Total | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Career total | 40 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 2 |